Device for use with laces of boots and shoes



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5 w. SIMON DEVICE FOR USE WITH LACES .OF BOOTS" AND SHOES Filed Oct. 4;.1924 Ill Patented June 9, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM SIMON, OF NORTH SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA.

DEVICE FOR usn wrrrr mess on Boers m) SHOES.

. Application filed. Gototer 4:, 1924- SeriaI No. 741,608.

To all whom it may coacewi: V I Be it knownthat I, WILLIAM SIMON. asubject of the King of GreatBritain, residing at 472 Miller Street,North Sydney,

NewSouth Wales, Commonwealth of Aust-raha, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in or Relating to Devlces for Use With Laces ofBoots and Shoes, of

which the following is a specification.

This invention has reference to devices for use'with the laces of bootsand shoes.

In connection with the laces of boots and shoes and the manner in whichthey are tied or fastened for firmly securing the boot or shoe to thefoot, it is generally the practice to leave the ends either in the formof a free bow or free single ends, which in many instances present anuntidy appearance and invariably the tying or knotting comes looserendering the boot or shoe uncomfortable during wear.

According to this invention such general untidy appearance of boots andshoes is entirely obviated by means of a device capable of beingtemporarily engaged with the aforesaid free bow 'or ends and of beingpassed underneath the upper of the boots or shoes for disposing beneathsuch'upper the free how or ends in a flat and comfortable condition, thedevice being adapted to be disengaged from the said bow or ends uponwithdrawal thereof from beneath the said upper. To this end the deviceis in the form of a flat or rounded member suitable for the purpose andis provided with a channel or recess capable of engagement with the saidfree bow or ends. If desired, the device may be provided with a blunt orrounded extension adapted to facilitate the introduction of thedevicebeneath the upper of the boot or shoe. Such extension ispreferably so shaped as-to serve as a guard or shield to the channel orrecess and prevent the opposite jaw of the channel or recess damagingthe sock or stocking by becoming engaged therewith when the device isbeing introduced beneath the said upper. The device may also be providedwith a hook for engagement with the lace or the inturned portion thereofwhen it is desired to loosen and remove the boot or shoe. The devicefacilitates carrying out an improved method of arranging in position thefree bow or ends of the lace such method consisting in arranging thefree ends in a flat condition beneath the front of the upper of a shoeby engagement of the free bow or ends with the channel. or recesssuiiiciently introducing the channelled or recessed port1on of thedevice beneath frontof suchupper to dispose the free bow or ends in theflat condition and thereafter withdrawing the device, the commencementof such withdrawal effecting the disengagement of the channel or recessfrom the free how or ends.

In order that the clearly understood and readily carried into effect thesame will now be fully described by way of example with reference to theaccompanying drawings, in which:-

Figures 1, 2 and 3 are respectively transverse section, side elevationconstructional form of the device, according to this invention.

The device is, provided with the channel or recess Z2 and the extensiona the latter forming a continuationof the jaw on one side of the channelor recess 6 and being curved inwardly towards the opposite jaw to serveas a guard to such channel or recess a. The opposite end of the deviceto that provided with the extension 7) is formed with a hook c. Thedevice as a whole is formed with rounded edges and the hook 0 and thejaw of the channel or recess is also rounded off to avoid the presenceof parts llable to engage with the sock or stocking, while to facilitateusing the device the extension a is formed with a rounded terminal endand is approximately of elliptical or circular cross section and ofvarying width lengthwise. V The device may bemade of any suitablematerlal to any desired size. Although only one construction of thedevice is hereinbefore described with reference to the accompanyingdrawings it will be understood that modifications may be made thereinwithout departing from the nature of the invention. 7

In making use of the device the free end of the lace is engaged inthechannel or recess 7) and introduced beneath the upper of the boot orshoe by means of the rounded extension a, the device being moved asulficient distance lengthwise beneath the said upper to arrange thefree end in a flat condition. The reversal of the movement brings aboutdisengagement of the device from the free end of the lace and its resaidinvention maybe and plan ofone moval from beneath the said upper. By

the insertion of the hook underneath the said upper the free end of thelace can be engaged therewith and withdrawn.

VVha-t I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the UnitedStates is 1. A device for use with boot and shoe laces comprising amember formed Wi'tha recess capable of engagement With a free part ofthe lace and with an extension on each side of therecess, the extensionon one side of the recess being of greater length than that ontheopposite side.

2'. A device for use witl boot and shoe lacesconipr'ising a ineinherprovided with a recess having an extension on each side thereof, theextensionon one side being of curved rounded form and of greater lengththan that on the opposite side and serving as a guard to the recess.

3. A device for use with boot and shoe laces having rounded edges, arecess for engagement with a part ofthe' lace the recess having on eachside an extension, the extension on one side or the recess being ofgreater length than that on the opposite side and of approrirnatelyround cross section.

A. A device for use with boot and shoe laces comprising a member formedwith rounded edges and having at one end arecess and an extension'ofapprox'imatelyround cross section onone side of the recess and at theother end a hook.

WILLIAM SIMQN.

